Why Persona 6 Can’t Be a Fresh Start for Atlus

Persona 6 is one of the most anticipated JRPGs of the next few years. While the game is unannounced and likely years away, fans of the franchise have been waiting almost a decade for a new mainline title. Persona 5 and its enhanced re-release Persona 5 Royal brought the franchise to a much wider audience, so while Persona 3 and Persona 4 were excellent games with dedicated fan bases, when the average gamer thinks of Persona, they are thinking of the Phantom Thieves. Persona games have often dared to re-imagine what the franchise could be, but the popularity of P5 means that Persona 6 has higher expectations to meet and will have to do so under greater scrutiny.